36.

Aaruhi was sipping her coffee, sitting in the balcony when her phone started ringing.

With a frown, she picked up the call, seeing an unknown number.

“Hello?"

"Babygirl!..” she went still hearing the endearment and familiar voice.

“Seems like my babygirl has recognised me. Isn't it so cute, Aaruhi," he chuckled loudly, making Aaruhi clench her palm.

“Well I heard my pretty girl got married. You didn't invite me, Aaru. I am hurt, baby,” He said in a fake sad voice.

Aaruhi cut the call without saying anything. She was about to block his number when his number again appeared on the screen.

“Stop your nonsense, Samrat," she angrily told him receiving his call

"Aaruhi, this is not nonsense. This is my love, darling,” he said in an equally angrily voice.

“See Samr-"

"You didn't do the right thing, Aaruhi…” he whispered dangerously.

Aaruhi felt her heart drop hearing him.

“You are no one to tell this. And don't dare to call me again," she firmly said in a warning tone.

Samrat clenches his jaw hearing her and throws a glass of alcohol against the wall.

“I can't wait to meet you again, babygirl. Don't worry I am coming for you, soon," saying he cut the call leaving shocked and scared Aaruhi.

She clenched the phone tightly in her palm looking at it in daze. Now a sudden restless creep inside her.

She knew that mad man. He is up to something, something bad.

She dropped her phone beside her on the couch and leaned back placing her head on the back of the couch.

“What is he planning now?" She whispers to herself in worry.

She fell asleep while thinking about Samrat.

The evening sky soon turns into a dark night when Ryan comes back from the meeting.

He entered the house to find it completely silent and empty. Ignoring it he was about to go upstairs to his room when Trisha came running to him calling his name.

“Ryan, you come very late," she asked softly, standing in front of him and smiling at him.

He hum and about to go when she again said,

“Let me set dinner for you…come. Everyone has their dinner already," she told him.

He frown at her and look up towards his room,

"Did Ruhi also have her dinner??”

"Hmm, I sent her dinner in the room. She must have it and must be sleeping,” Ryan stayed silent for a moment.

“Come I will serve you dinner," she politely said. Ryan thought for a moment before nodding his head and walked behind her to the dining room.

Trisha grinned to herself when he sat on a chair in the dining room after washing his hands. She quickly walked inside the kitchen and heated the food.

Placing dishes on the table she looks at Ryan with a happy smile. As Ryan forwards his hand to serve himself, she stops him holding his hand.

He looked up at her with cold eyes, making her pull back her hand.

“I will serve you…you must be tired," Saying she started serving food on his plate. He sighs at her. He was already very tired with the meetings and then he went to inspect the site. Now he doesn't have the energy to argue with her.

After serving him, she sat beside him on the chair and watched him with a smile.

Feeling her gaze him, Ryan look at her and said,

“You can go now. And thank you,"

"It's okay, I am fine. I wanted to give you company,” she said smiling at him which now started irritating him.

“Trisha, whatever you are trying to do is not right?? I know you have feelings for me but stop them and move on. There is no future," Her smile fell instantly hearing him. She looks down to hide her teary gaze and clench his fist tightly in her lap.

She forced a smile on her face and look at him with normal face,

“Don't worry I won't disturb you both. It is just difficult to forget you, Ryan. You are not just my love but also my friend, my best friend…it's hard. But I am trying, I swear, "  she told him. Ryan looked at her and nodded seeing her innocent smile.

"But can't we just remain as friends. I don't want to lose my childhood friend,” she asked in a low voice with hope in her eyes.

Ryan looks at her face as she is looking at him with hopeful eyes.

“It's okay if you want to. Forget it," seeing her face fall and become dull not getting his reply, Ryan felt a little bad for her.

“Okay," he said, forwarding his hand for a hand shake.

Trisha looked up at him then his hand with a confused face.

“Let’s just be friends," he told her, giving a little smile to her.

Trisha looks at him without blinking her eyes.

“Really!!" She asked in pleasant surprise. He nodded his head slightly.

Soon her lips curved into a big smile, she grinned happily and quickly shook her hand with him.

“Thank you so much for accepting. I am so happy!!" She said excitedly not leaving his hand.

Ryan clears his throat and gestures towards his hand.

"Oh sorry…” she murmured, leaving his hand instantly. But her smile didn't leave her face.

Ryan looked at her bright face and felt better seeing her so happy for the first time.

Trisha so wanted to hug him right now but she controls herself not wanting to lose his newly found friendship. She has to wait.

Finishing his dinner, Ryan stood up from the chair with his plate but Trisha took it from him and said,

“Maid will wash it. Don't worry,"

Ryan nodded and taking his car keys and phone from the table, he look at her,

“Good night," he wished her.

"Good night, Ryan,” she happily said while smiling at him. Ryan also gave a small polite smile before walking out of the dining room.

As soon as he disappeared from her sight, Trisha giggled to herself and smiled widely. Her eyes fell on Ryan's half filled glass. Taking it, she drinks the water from it and smiles.

Ryan slowly opened the door and entered the room with light steps. The room is dark with a single lamp lamp lightly on. His eyes went to bed but he didn't find his wife there and frowned. He looks around then stops his gaze on a plate placed on the table. He walks near the table and removes the plate covering it. Seeing the untouched food in the tray, he suddenly felt guilty for eating without her. She must be waiting for him to eat together.

His eyes then went towards the balcony seeing the curtains flying due to wind. He let out a soft sigh knowing his wife must be outside.

His eyes soften and heart clench seeing her sleeping on the couch while slightly trembling due to cold weather. She is hugging herself covering herself with her thin dupatta.

“Why are you so careless, Jaan??"  He whispered softly before picking her up and walked inside the room.

As he placed her on the bed, she woke up with startled and sat up. But seeing Ryan's face, her heart beat relax and slowly a sleepy smile appears on her face.

“Ryan, Aap kab aye?" She asks, sitting straight in front of him.

(Ryan, when did you come?)

“Why are you sleeping outside in the cold,Ruhi? Do you want to fall sick, huh??" Instead of replying to her question, he scolds her, giving her a stern look.

She pressed her lips in a straight line looking at him nervously and innocently.

“I don't know when I fell asleep," she murmured looking at him while playing with her dupatta.

Ryan sighs, shaking his head at her.

"And why haven't you had your dinner yet?”

“I was waiting for you. How can I eat without you?...You also haven't eaten your dinner. Let me bring your dinner, you go freshen up till then," saying she was about to step out of the bed when Ryan stopped her and glared at her.

“Where are you going?? Your ankle is hurt, Ruhi!" He softly scolds her.

"It's fine now. It isn't hurting..” She assured him, “Now go quickly freshen up. I am really hungry,” Ryan felt his heart clench in regret seeing her so excited to eat with him.

Ryan stood up from the bed and walked to the table to take the food tray.

Aaruhi looked at him, seeing him coming towards him. He kept the tray on the bed in front of her then looked at her.

“You should eat, Ruhi when you are so hungry," he whispered to her while plating her food.

She smile slightly and said,

"I love eating with you. I enjoyed it..” she grinned looking at him, making him want to kill himself for eating food without her.

He should have first asked her before his dinner. He is so stupid. He shouldn't have listened to Trisha. God!!

He placed the plate in front of her and asked her to eat.

“You?? You won't eat?" She asks with a small frown while tearing a small piece of chapati.

"I had my dinner, Ruhi..” he told her in a small voice and the sense of guilt gripped his chest when Aaruhi stopped in the middle of eating the morsel. She stayed immovable for a moment before taking in the morsel and nodded her head looking at her plate.

“Trisha told me you had your dinner. So I also ate the dinner as she was insisting on me," he further added, making her throat feel heavy hearing Trisha's name.

She gulped down the food with difficulty and looked at him. She smiles at him which looks forced and fake.

“Oh!! That's alright. It's good that you had your dinner. You must be tired and hungry," she said, trying her best to hide her sadness.

What's wrong with her?? Why is she getting so worked up and emotional if he had his dinner with her?? That's fine. But why is she feeling sad, unnecessarily?

Aaruhi scolds herself.

Ryan saw her hand fidgeting with chapati, so he gently held her hand making her look at him. He wiped her fingers with tissue paper and kept them on her lap.

“I am sorry…I don't know you are hungry and waiting for me," he apologized to her while dipping a chapati piece in a curry.

"It's okay, Ryan. There is nothing to be sorry about. Really!” she said very hiding her sadness as she doesn't want him to feel bad.

He fed her with his hand to which she smiled at him brightly to assure him that she is absolutely okay.

He looked at her smile, but instead of feeling good, he went deeper in a guilt trip.

“Okay leave all this, tell me how was your meeting??" She asked, now sitting cross legged in front of him and enjoying getting fed with his hands.

“It was good. I also went to see the site where our company branch is to be set up," he told her and like this they get engrossed in their talk about their day.

After making her finish her dinner, Ryan went to take a shower while Aaruhi went to clean the soiled plate and tray in the kitchen, of course, after her very protective husband went to take a shower.

Coming back to their room, she sat on the dressing and started removing her earrings and bangles leaving only a few bangles in her wrists.

She turned and looked at the washroom door before she bit her lower lip, smiling slyly.

Ryan turned his head, hearing the door opening sound. He cleared fog from the glass to find his wife closing the door. His lips curved into an amusing smile.

Closing the door, Aaruhi turns and her gaze falls on her husband who is staring at her through the foggy glass of the shower cabin.

She smiled shyly and started taking slow steps towards him. Her hand slid her hairs on her left shoulder before opening the strings on the back of her suit. She already removed her chudidar in the room, leaving her in her anarkali only before entering inside the shower cabin.

Ryan looked at her face bare of any makeup just donned with a small maroon bindi and Sindoor. She is looking heavenly and ethereal.

While he was busy admiring her beauty, she came closer to him and placed her palms on his wet chest. She blink her eyes as now she was under the shower, getting drench with him.

As the water runs down from her hair, the red color of her sindoor gets mixed with it before that red water flows down from her face then to her neck and finally disappears inside her suit. Bathing her in red, the color of their relationship, the color of his.

His heart started beating furiously at this heavenly slightly.

She closed her eyes as the water was going in her eyes. Her lips are slightly parted as she is taking breath through her mouth. Her face turned red due to cold water. Her chest is heaving against his bare chest.

Even in the cold shower, he is feeling warm. Her touch, her fragrance is warming his inside.

He slowly leaned down and caught her lips in a deep kiss. He felt her sticking to him wrapping her arms around his neck. Cupping the side of her neck and her cheek with another hand, he deepened the kiss, kissing her passionately. He gently stroked her cheek with his thumb, feeling her trembling under him. He turned around with her and slammed her drench figure against the glass wall without breaking the kiss.

Her lips are trembling against his while trying to kiss him back. Sensing her struggle, Ryan pulled her more into himself and started kissing her fast and hard. His one hand slipped her kurta from her shoulders, which easily slid down from her shoulder as the strings were undone.

Aaruhi started feeling breathless and pulled back slightly while panting hard. Ryan let her break the kiss and dip his head into her neck.

A shiver runs down her body as his wet locks stroke her neck and jaw while he is busy adoring her neck and shoulder with open mouth kisses.

"I can't get enough of you, my love...never,"

Feeling heat crepting inside her body, she grabs the back of his head and pushes his face more into the crook of her neck.

Her heavily breathing and his sloppy kissing sound filled the bathroom which soon turned into a moan.

"Ryan..nnn!" She moan when he bite her between her neck and shoulder before kissing and licking the same spot.

His lips travel down to her chest, sliding her suit lower to her waist. He looks up at her, who has her eyes closed in pleasure while her head is thrown back. He placed a soft kiss on her throat before tracing his neck along the base of her neck.

"Ahh!!"

He hisss when she tightly grips his hair unconsciously. Tracing his hands on the side of her body, he placed them on her hip before his hand moved to her back. Aaruhi gulps and opens her eyes only to meet with his which are filled with desire, love and adoration like hers. Her breath hitch as his fingers touched her bra hook. His thumb gently strokes the skin just below her bra hem.

She blinked her eyes and kissed his lips for a second. The next second her baby blue bra touched the wet floor followed by her suit.

He placed his lips against her again while his hands sensually stroked her bare back before moving to her chest.

“So Gorgeous…Damn!!"  He groans against her lips before his desperate lips attack her bosom.

Her hand gripping his shoulder tightly while he is loving his sweet wife.

He once again looked at her standing in front  of her. Cupping her flushed face with his palm, he kissed her forehead and let his lips stay there for a moment.

“You are my heart, Meri Jaan…" he whispered softly, looking into her eyes instantly.

She smiles and perks his lips a few times. He smiles at her act before his hand slowly yet sensually travels down her curvy body and halts at her lower waist.

Feeling shy, she hugged him, hiding her face in the crook of his neck. And the next moment the piece of clothing on her body met the floor just like her other clothes.

Soon a loud moan of pain and pleasure echoed in the bathroom followed by a groan. And then their unholy sound of moans and groans filled the room, making the water flowing down their bodies turn hot just like their bodies.

Snuggling into the protective embrace of her husband, Aaruhi closes her eyes after placing a light kiss on his bare chest. Ryan squeezed her waist with his fingers before caressing the same area and kissed her head while he started caressing her hair.

“Sleep, My love," he whispered against her hair.

Aaruhi hummed in a sleepy tone and soon both of them lost in their dreams holding each other close.

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